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A special characteristic of the Shakespearean sonnet is its _____.

series of couplets
middle quatrain
opening idea
final couple

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Answer:

It would be D. Final Couplet

Step-by-step explanation:

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Answer: final couple

Step-by-step explanation:

Shakespearean sonnet has fourteen lines in it. The first twelve lines are the lines that are divided into three quatrains. Those quatrains have four lines and in them, the poet is establishing the theme of the poem. He is resolving his problem in couplet, which are the final two lines.

The most famous sonnet that Shakespear wrote is sonnet 18.

The rhyme pattern is ABABCDCDEFEFGG.

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